Maritime Etymology

Dictionaries:

Dutch:

• Verklaring van scheeps Spreeck-woorden, en verscheiden eigen benamingen from Nicolaes Witsen's Aeloude en hedendaegsche scheeps-bouw en bestier, 1671.
• Excerpts from Winschooten's Seeman, Behelsende Een grondige uitlegging van de Neederlandse Konst, en Spreekwoorden, voor soo veel die uit de Seevaart sijn ontleend, en bij de beste Schrijvers deeser eeuw gevonde, 1681.

English

• Dictionary from The Sea Man's Vademecum, 1707.
• An Index, Explaining the Terms us'd in this Treatise from Sutherland's Prices of the Shipbuilding Adjusted: or, the Mystery of Ship-Building Unveiled, 1717.
• Dictionary from James Love's: The Mariner's Jewel, 1735.
• Dictionary from William Sutherland's: The Shipbuilder's Assistant, 1740. For all practical purposes identical with the dictionary in the first edition of 1711.
• A Maritime Dictionary from Mountaine's The Seaman's Vade-Mecum, 1756. Probably identical to the dictionary in the first edition of 1744.
• A Glossary, or Explication, of Terms relating to Shipbuilding. From Mungo Murray: A Treatise on Ship-building and Navigation, 1765.
• Glossary and Explanation of the Technical terms in Naval Architecture from Marmaduke Stalkartt's Naval Architecture, 1787.
• An Explanation of the Technical Terms, Relating to Shipbuilding from The Shipbuilder's Repository, 1788.
• From Steel: The Elements and Rigging and Seamanship (1794):
  • Explanation of Terms used in Mastmaking, pp 3-12.
  • An Alphabetical Description of the Tools and Explanation of the Terms used in Rope Making, pp 53-59.
  • Description of the Tools, and Explanation of the Terms, Used in Anchor-Making, pp 77-78.
  • Explanation of the Technical Terms Relative to Sails, and Description of the Tools Used in Sail-Making, pp 86-90.
  • Description of the Tools, and Explanation of the Terms, Used in Blockmaking, pp 151-153.
  • Explanation of Terms used in Rigging, pp 161-188.
  • Explanation of the Terms Used in Seamanship, pp 244*-268*.
• A Dictionary of Sea Terms from Darcy Lever: The Young Sea Officers Sheet Anchor; or, a key to the leading of rigging, and to practical seamanship, London, 1808.
• A Glossary of Terms Connected with the Practice of Ship Building from Charles Frederick Partington: The Ship-Builder's Complete Guide, 1825.
• Definition of the Principal Terms used in the Theory and Practice of Shipbuilding from Hedderwick: Marine Architecture (1830).
• A vocabulary of technical terms from Robert Brindley: A Compendium of Naval Architecture, 1832.
• Explanation of terms from McKay, Lauchlan: The Practical Ship-Builder, 1839.
• A Dictionary of Technical Terms Relative to Sails from Robert Kipping: The Elements of Sailmaking, 1847.
• Vocabulary from Meade: A Treatise on Naval Architecture and Ship-Building, 1869.
• Charles Burney: Vocbulary of Sea Terms, from The Young Seaman's Manual and Rigger's Guide, 1876/1901.

French:

• Cleirac: Explication des termes de marine from Vs et covstvmes de la mer, 1661.
• Inventarie des mots, from Fournier's Hydrographie, 1667.
• Dassie: L'Architecture navale, contenant la maniere de construire les Navires, Galeres, Chaloupes et autres especes de Vaisseaux, 1695:
  • Chapitre III: Termes usitez de la marine.
  • Chapitre IV: Definition de plusieures especes de Vaisseaux.
  • Chapitre V: Definition des departies qui servent � la construction d'un Vaisseau.
• Explication des termes de marine dont on se sert dans cet Ouvrage, 1697. [In French]
• TABLE ALPHABETIQUE. Ou Explication de quelques termes de Marine employ�s sans ces M�moires from Rene du Guay-Trouin: Memoire de Monsieur du Guay-Trouin, 1740.
• Excerpts from Nicolas Aubin: Dictionnaire de marine 1742.
• Excerpts from Alexandre Saverien's: Petit dictionnaire historique, theorique et pratique de marine ancienne & moderne, 1758.
• Explication de quelques Termes qui ont rapport � la Forge des Ancres from Reaumur & Duhamel du Monceau's Fabrique de ancres, 1781. [In French]
• Explication de plusieurs termes de marine from Romme: L'Art de la voilure, 1781. [In French]
• Ordbok from H.S. Vial du Clairbois: Anm�rkningar vid �fverstens och Riddarens af Kongl. Sv�rdsorden, Herr af Chapmans Tractat om Skepps-Byggeriet, 1782. [French — Swedish]
• Vocabulaire contenant les termes et expressions nautiques les plus usit�s en voilerie from Consolin: Manuel du voiler, 1859.

German:

• Excerpts from Johann Hinrich R�ding: Allgemeines W�rterbuch der Marine in allen Europ�ischen Seesprache nebst vollst�ndigen Erkl�rungen. , 1793-1798.
• Schwedischer - Deutscher Index �ber das allgemeine W�rterbuch der Marine, R�ding, 1793-1798. [Swedish — German]

Spanish:

D. Timoteo O-Scanlan: Cartilla practica de construccion naval, dispuesta en forma de vocabulario, ...
Imprenta Nacional, Madrid, 1847 [2nd]:

• Nomenclatura francesa
• Nomenclatura englesa
• Nomenclatura italiana

Swedish:

• Dalman: Utkast til et Sj�-Lexicon, 1765.
• Ordbok from H.S. Vial du Clairbois: Anm�rkningar vid �fverstens och Riddarens af Kongl. Sv�rdsorden, Herr af Chapmans Tractat om Skepps-Byggeriet, 1782. [French — Swedish]
• F�rklaring �fver de [i] detta arbete f�refallande Sj�-Termer, Carl Gustaf Tornquist: Utkast till Swenska Flottans Sj�-tog, 1788.
• Schwedischer - Deutscher Index �ber das allgemeine W�rterbuch der Marine, R�ding, 1793-1798. [Swedish — German]
• Fredr. M. Calwagen's Svenskt, Engelskt och Franskt samt Engelskt och Svenskt Sj�-lexicon, eller samling af de mest brukliga Sj�-termer p� dess spr�k. Utarbetadt efter Henry Neumans Marine Pocket-Dictionary (1851):
  • F�rord [In Swedish]
  • Svenskt, Engelskt och Franskt Sj�-lexicon. [In Swedish, English, and French]
  • Engelskt och Svenskt Sj�-lexicon. [In English and Swedish]

Words:

• Catharpins
• Horse
• Mizzen
• Peert
• Ropes
• Whelps

Bibliography:

• 17th Century Maritime and Naval Dictionaries.
• 18th Century Maritime and Naval Dictionaries.
• 19th Century Maritime and Naval Dictionaries.

Updated 2007-09-03 by Lars Bruzelius.

Copyright © 1996 Lars Bruzelius.